The Return
Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
by Hisham Matar
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“My Favorite Books of 2017 Each amazed me like a Rooney halffield wonderstrike: Jim Shepard's "The World To Come" Hisham Matar's "The Return" My Hero Svetlana Alexievich's "Unwomanly Face of War" and the best book ever written by a man still mourning Lucas' departure from Anfield”
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The acclaimed memoir about fathers and sons, a legacy of loss, and, ultimately, healingone of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year, winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeWhen Hisham Matar was a nin...
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“My Favorite Books of 2017 Each amazed me like a Rooney halffield wonderstrike: Jim Shepard's "The World To Come" Hisham Matar's "The Return" My Hero Svetlana Alexievich's "Unwomanly Face of War" and the best book ever written by a man still mourning Lucas' departure from Anfield”
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